A/HRC/40/33 17. At the international level, prevention required a continued integrated approach and action by all, combining the three pillars of security, development and human rights. The human rights and prevention mechanisms of the United Nations had developed considerable capacity to detect risks, to gather and analyse early warning signs and to present them to States. Human rights mechanisms, including the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, treaty bodies and the universal period review process and OHCHR, deserved sustained attention and use, being well placed to secure collaborative action aimed at early prevention. Mr. Mnatsakanyan drew attention to the practical proposal of the Special Adviser concerning a systematic and structured approach within the United Nations to information gathering, analysis and the dissemination of early warning signs and to supporting regional arrangements and the development by Member States of effective early warning systems. The international community and the United Nations system should be resolute in reacting to all patterns of discrimination and targeting of vulnerable groups, and to hate speech, radicalism and incitement to hatred. Denialism and impunity were fundamental obstacles to prevention. Justice denied had haunted genocide survivors for generations and was an impediment to genuine reconciliation. 18. Education, as a means to promote a culture of respect for human rights, was indispensable for prevention. Mr. Mnatsakanyan highlighted the Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide, established in 2015, through which Armenia offered a solid platform for international cooperation on the prevention of genocide. The third Global Forum was set to take place in Yerevan on 9 December 2018, drawing together prominent scholars and practitioners on prevention and focusing on the role of education. Mr. Mnatsakanyan emphasized the commitment by Armenia to the collective international effort to prevent future genocides. He concluded by reiterating his deep conviction that “never again��� should be uttered for the last time. III. Contributions of panellists 19. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, referred to the fact that the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide had been adopted one day before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, demonstrating its immense importance. The still-fresh memory of the terrible events of the Second World War had prompted Member States to prioritize the drawing up of an international legal convention that would prohibit the crime of genocide, requiring signatory Governments to take all necessary steps to prevent or halt the crime. 20. The crime of genocide did not start with the Convention and, unfortunately, it did not end with it. Throughout history, many events could have been qualified as genocide under the Convention, and the international community continued to face situations that, if tested in a court of law, could be determined to be genocide or another international crime of extreme concern. In the Central African Republic, Iraq, Myanmar, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen, for example, people had been subjected to the most terrible crimes under the international community’s watch. 21. The Special Adviser stated that genocide should not be part of the present or the future. It did not happen by accident, nor was it inevitable, but took place due to the international community’s inaction or ineffectiveness in addressing the warning signs. People were dehumanized and persecuted for who they were, for the religion they practised or their culture, or simply for their distinctive physical characteristics. Great suffering, cruelty and inhumane acts stemmed from unacceptable motivations such as the thirst for power or resources, distorted views of identity supremacy, extremist ideologies and selfish interests. 22. The Special Adviser noted that the collective failure to address the underlying crises that set the context for genocide had disastrous human and economic consequences, including enormous loss of life, massive displacement, collective trauma lasting for generations, devastated economies and development being set back by decades. The ripple effects could be felt at the regional and international levels. Genocide could constitute a threat to international peace and security. 5